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Summary
U.S. insurers held nearly $50 billion in ETFs in 2025, representing an increase of almost 25% from the prior year. While ETFs remain a relatively small component of insurer portfolios, they are increasingly being used as strategic tools to manage liquidity, gain efficient market exposure, support asset allocation decisions, and respond to evolving market conditions.
Join a panel of industry experts for a practical discussion on how insurers are incorporating ETFs into general account portfolios, what is driving adoption, and what investment, operational, and regulatory considerations should be top of mind.
The discussion will cover:
- ETF Market Trends: Key issuance and adoption trends by asset class, strategy, management style, and insurer segment.
- Insurance Portfolio Use Cases: How insurers are using ETFs for liquidity, diversification, tactical allocation, and efficient market exposure.
- Regulatory Considerations: Key reporting, capital, accounting, and systematic value considerations for insurer ETF investments.
Speakers
Invesco
Salman Zaidi
Director, Institutional ETF Specialist
Salman Zaidi heads the Asset Manager and Insurance ETF coverage channel at Invesco. The team works with model providers, fund managers and insurance general accounts on understanding potential usage of ETFs.
Prior to joining Invesco, Salman was a senior product strategist for fixed income ETFs at BlackRock where he was responsible for client engagement, analytics, thought leadership, and commercialization.
Prior to BlackRock, Salman spent 12 years in client coverage roles in fixed income, at the securities divisions at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank in San Francisco, New York, and Singapore.
State Street Global Advisors
Ben Woloshin
Managing Director, Head of Insurance
Ben Woloshin is Managing Director and Head of Insurance at State Street Global Advisors. He is responsible for fostering the adoption of the SPDR platform within the U.S. Insurance marketplace. Ben is passionate about the ETF ecosystem and believes that they are an efficient tool in optimizing desired portfolio outcomes. His global financial services career has included senior leadership roles in asset management and insurance focusing on business development and product innovation. Ben is a graduate of Loyola University in Chicago with an A.B. in History and is FINRA Series 7,63 & 24 registered.
S&P Dow Jones Indices
Anu R. Ganti, CFA
Head of U.S. Index Investment Strategy
Anu R. Ganti is Senior Director and Head of U.S. Index Investment Strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). The index investment strategy team provides research and commentary on the entire S&P DJI product set, including U.S. and global equities, thematics, commodities, fixed income and sustainability indices. She is also a frequent contributor to both print and broadcast media outlets.
Prior to joining S&P DJI, Anu worked in the asset management space, completing a post-MBA rotational program at Russell Investments within their fixed income research and trading divisions and working as a portfolio manager focusing on emerging market equities at Parametric Portfolio Associates (part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management).
Anu is a CFA charterholder and holds an MBA in finance and economics from Columbia Business School, and a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Chris Winter
Associate Director, Business Development
Chris Winter is the North America Insurance solutions lead for S&P Global Market Intelligence. In this role, Chris helps insurance clients utilize the full suite of solutions offered by S&P, such as financial data, credit risk solutions, data feeds, and more, while specializing in the NAIC Statutory and Rate Filings products. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and English from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the College of William & Mary.
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